AP Bullet Components

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That's basically what I said, in a different way.



Because they're a novelty. No one really cares all that much. People don't like shooting THROUGH metal plates, they like shooting AT metal plates. AP bullets are designed to fulfill a few very specific military needs that don't reflect anything that anyone on the civilian market does.

I'm not saying civilians shouldn't have them, I'm just saying that outside of novelty value, civilians don't need to or don't want to use them. Hence, the market is very very small.

I disagree about the whole novelty thing. When I first started shooting 50BMGs, I learned that 50cal AP bullets are thought to be the most accurate surplus bullet on the market. There are a couple of extra steps you have to take to decrease your groups size like, running them through a sizing die, sorting by weight and then sorting by profile (shadowgraphing) but, for cheap surplus bullets, 50cal. APs tend to fly the truest. I'm glad I bought a few 1000 when I did.